K-pop Radar, a “fandom data service” by music startup Space Oddity, released the top 10 most viewed K-pop music videos on YouTube in 2021. It “highlighted the brilliant achievements of artists who heated up 2021 through year-end settlement data.” K-pop Radar's top 10 most viewed K-pop music...
BLACKPINK’s Lisa emerged on top of the list of “The 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2021” published by TC Candler and The Independent Critics. “Unlike most other annual beauty rankings, the 100 Most Beautiful Faces List is not a popularity contest and it is definitely not country specific. It...
Polling firm Gallup Korea has revealed the results of its year-end survey about Korean singers who shined in 2021 and the best songs of 2021. Gallup Korea has been releasing its Person of the Year in each field including entertainment and sports. For singers who shined in 2021 poll, Gallup Korea...
Spotify has released the lists of the most streamed K-pop artists, groups and songs in 2021. As part of its year-end #SpotifyWrapped, Spotify released the most streamed songs, artists and groups globally in 2021. The most streamed K-pop artists on Spotify in 2021 are (clockwise from top left) BTS,...
Music streaming platform Spotify released the lists of the most streamed artists, groups and songs in 2021. K-pop superstars BTS emerged as the No. 1 most streamed group globally and third most streamed artist globally on Spotify in 2021. In the top 50 most streamed groups in 2021 on Spotify,...
Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the best-selling physical albums for the month of November 2021. K-pop boy band The Boyz topped the monthly album chart followed by TWICE, Monsta X, Stray Kids and SF9. Placing sixth to 10th are Seventeen, NCT 127, ONEUS, Jeong Dong-won and EXO’s Kai. (Clockwise...
K-pop boy band Monsta X, young trot singer Jeong Dong-won, TWICE, T-ara and trot singer Lee Chan-won topped the weekly album chart in South Korea. According to Korea’s Hanteo Chart, Monsta X’s latest album “No Limit, released on Nov. 19” grabbed first place on the weekly album chart for the...
K-pop groups will embark on tours and concerts, and overseas performances as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions have been eased owing to decreasing number of cases and vaccination rollouts in many countries including the US. These include BTS, NCT 127, TWICE, ATEEZ, Monsta X and Verivery,...
Voting for the 2021 Asia Artist Awards (AAA) popularity awards ended on Nov. 15 with netizens voting to select the winners for male group, female group, female solo, male solo, actor and actress. AAA “is the first-ever award which selects artists from both K-Pop and K-Drama and K-Movie for the...
MTV announced the nominees for the 2021 MTV EMAs, which will be held on Nov. 14 (Nov. 15 in the Philippines) at Papp László Budapest Sportaréna in Hungary and will be broadcast in 180 countries. “The MTV EMAs are our biggest night in global music, uniting fans from every corner of the...
K-pop girl group TWICE made their first-ever appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 chart since debuting in 2015. Billboard announced that TWICE’s first English single “The Feels” debuted at No. 83 on Hot 100 on the Oct. 16-dated chart. TWICE (Twitter) “It earns the group its first career...
MRC Data and Billboard issued the “Global Music & Chart Report: A Year in Review” covering top songs and artists in the past year on the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. US charts. The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. US were launched last year with the first...
